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- 03 Jun 2020 22:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 735
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Re: What did you accomplish today?
Gondolan now has 50 pages of grammar and 140 words! The most recent topic I've been working on are pro-adverbs and modal particles.
- 02 Jun 2020 04:46
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The man sees the woman using the telescope.
- Replies: 53
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Re: The man sees the woman using the telescope.
In Gondolan nouns inflect for case, number, and saliency. So you would just mark the noun considered "most important" with a proximative marker and the rest with obviative markers. You would also use the instrumental case in the below sentence. Gënculon tag lanán föynothtogchun. /gøn.su.lo...
- 01 Jun 2020 01:54
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
But my point is, there's nothing actually unwieldy about an expression like "he did it a place" or "what reason you do it?" (or "for what you do it?" for that matter). It's just not something English does, but that needn't limit what your conlang does! I mean, just loo...
- 31 May 2020 23:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347635
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Why does it sound odd to you to say "He did it somewhere", but not "he did it here"? Or "Because of what did you do it?" but not "he did it because of his hope to eat"? Are you sure you're not just being informed by English's idiosyncracies? Regarding the exa...
- 31 May 2020 21:35
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
In my main conlang, "Why (did you do it)?" would be Vulpis? , formed by attaching the open-ended question particle pis to the 2nd person past tense verb vul "you saw". Thus it is an idiom, similar to asking "what did you see?" (The literal "what did you see?"...
- 31 May 2020 20:53
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
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Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
I don't think there are any languages without any adverbs. You can easily replace productive adverbs like 'easily', 'happily' etc. but the grammatical ones are tricky. If they are affixes or clitics, can you say there are no adverbs? Some languages have question verbs. 'Some reason' words grammatic...
- 31 May 2020 18:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1679
- Views: 347635
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Hey it's been a while since I've been on.. And I have a quick question. So a conlang I've been working on has no adverbs or adjectives, instead it uses nouns for both of these categories. My question is: What might be a good way to handle pro-adverbs like where/how/therefore/etc? I was thinking of j...
- 07 Oct 2018 23:18
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Conlang Relay X
- Replies: 142
- Views: 125256
Re: CBB Conlang Relay X
I'm sorry, but I have to drop out.. Life has a strange way of getting in the way of conlanging. I apologize for any inconvenience.
- 04 Oct 2018 16:55
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Conlang Relay X
- Replies: 142
- Views: 125256
Re: CBB Conlang Relay X
I've decided not to use Cajun in this relay, it simply isn't developed enough. Could I use Ayuashiqua instead?
I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
- 26 Sep 2018 18:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CBB Conlang Relay X
- Replies: 142
- Views: 125256
Re: CBB Conlang Relay X (sign-up open)
I'd like to participate with my conlang, Cajun.
- 27 Apr 2018 19:38
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
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Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Does word order affect the placement of smaller word classes such as articles, demonstratives, numerals, adpositions, and others?
- 26 Apr 2018 19:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: The CBB Conlang Census
- Replies: 119
- Views: 175784
Re: The CBB Conlang Census
Bàsupan (2017) - agglutinative, largely SOV word order with tri-consonantal roots, complex nominative-ergative alignment, pharyngeal consonants, an extensive comparative system, and a native script. Bàsupan is widely spoken in mainland Bàsupan, and a prestige language of the region surrounding it. ...
- 24 Apr 2018 04:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1631680
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I've done a lot of work with Oddúhath Claire's basic syntax (noun phrases, possession order, dependent clauses, etc). Also I translated a sentence to test it's syntax. But it's mostly an excuse to have fun with the lexicon O malí madd coiniollanmw yen domhan. /ɔ ma.liː mað kɔɪ.nɪɔ.ɬan.mə jɛn dɔm.han/
- 23 Apr 2018 21:26
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
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Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
/m mʲ m̥ m̥ʲ n̺ n̻ n̺ʲ n̻ʲ n̺̊ n̻̊ n̺̊ʲ n̻̊ʲ ɳ̺ ɳ̻ ɳ̺ʲ ɳ̻ʲ ɳ̺̊ ɳ̻̊ ɳ̺̊ʲ ɳ̻̊ʲ ŋ ŋʲ ŋ̊ ŋ̊ʲ/ m my mh mhy n n' ny ny' nn nn' nny nny' rn rn' rny rny' ng ngy ngh nghy /p pʲ b bʲ t̺ t̻ t̺ʲ t̻ʲ d̺ d̻ d̺ʲ d̻ʲ ʈ̺ ʈ̻ ʈ̺ʲ ʈ̻ʲ ɖ̺ ɖ̻ ɖ̺ʲ ɖ̻ʲ kʲ g gʲ/ p py b by t t' ty ty' d d' dy dy' rt rt' rty rty' rd rd' rdy r...
- 23 Apr 2018 18:40
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Oddúhath Claire Scratchpad
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Oddúhath Claire Scratchpad
Oddúhath Claire is something like my 4th attempt to fuse the Celtic languages (particularly Welsh, and Irish), and the Semitic languages (Arabic, Aramaic). I'll be posting whatever I come up with here (or at least, for a little while). Phonology Phoneme Inventory /m̥ m n̥ n ŋ̊ ŋ/ mh m nh n-nn ngh ng...
- 21 Apr 2018 05:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1035767
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
The phoneme inventory of my welsh-arabic inspired conlang, Oddúhath Claire. /m̥ m n̥ n ŋ̊ ŋ/ mh m nh n-nn ngh ng /p b pˤ bˤ t d tˤ dˤ k g kˤ gˤ q/ p b ph bh t d tt dh g-c gh gg ggh k /s sˤ ʃ ʃˤ/ s z sh zh /w f v fˤ vˤ θ ð θˤ ðˤ r̥ r j x ɣ h/ wh f v fh vh th dd tth ddh rh r y ch gc h /l ll/ l ll /ɪ i...
- 13 Apr 2018 18:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Conlang Magazine Collab
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6239
Re: Conlang Magazine Collab
I don't have much of my article done yet (Because I thought we were starting at phase 2), so I likely won't be able to contribute anything substantial.
- 26 Mar 2018 21:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread [2011–2018]
- Replies: 5100
- Views: 1035767
Re: Random phonology/phonemic inventory thread
Consonants for something still in its earliest conception: /m n ŋ/ /m̥ n̥ ŋ̊/ /ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ɮ ᵑɡ/ /p t k/ /ʰp ʰt ʰk/ /ɸ θ ɬ h/ /l j/ To be served with 5 to 7 vowels and their manifold diphthongoid spawn. I love it! Could I use a modified version? (I would be adding more nasals and removing the preaspir...
- 23 Mar 2018 23:30
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: The Kovur and Language
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4625
Re: The Kovur and Language
Wolves would have a lot of trouble with bilabials. And dentals don't seem feasible to me(sharp teeth + tongue?). Vowels might be pretty different.
Take my ideas with a grain of salt, i know very little about wolf anatomy.
Take my ideas with a grain of salt, i know very little about wolf anatomy.
- 22 Mar 2018 23:21
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: I was walking in the forest...
- Replies: 66
- Views: 35287
Re: I was walking in the forest...
Bàsupan
Bvam no vuqīkunah al-qaknauhas thqubu shabatusim.
walk-INDIC.PRES.1ST.SING DEF.FEM forest-NEU.LOC.SING ADV.CLAU-branch-NEU.ERG.SING head-NEU.NOM.SING fall-INDIC.PAST.1ST.SING
I was walking in the forest when a branch fell on my head.
Bvam no vuqīkunah al-qaknauhas thqubu shabatusim.
walk-INDIC.PRES.1ST.SING DEF.FEM forest-NEU.LOC.SING ADV.CLAU-branch-NEU.ERG.SING head-NEU.NOM.SING fall-INDIC.PAST.1ST.SING
I was walking in the forest when a branch fell on my head.